Looking at the English stats since the KL World 5's tournament in 2003, just one thing was missing in the Graeme Dell's task: a victory. What seemed to become a nightmare (though... don't think that the "futsal development" of a country is given by wins and titles, that's would be the usual tale for children!) is now finally over, as on December 17th (still in need of *scaramantic gestures?) England managed to defeat Greece at the end of a dramatic match, closed with the 8-7 epic score in favour of Luke Ballinger & C.
After 44 matches in which England just got a tie against Cyprus, the Birmingham event was a dreamful one for Dell and his squad, getting one victory and a draw against the Hellenic opponent. Congrats guys!


17/12/2007

England - Greece 8-7 (4-5)

Birmingham

Hall: Nechells Sports Centre

England:
Dean Thornton, Marc Canham, Matt Townley, Jon Adams, Ashley Allanson, Paul Maddison, Nick Colley, Richard Follett, Steve Harrison, Alex Sykes, Sam Tucknott, Darren Budd, Eric Pudaloff, Luke Ballinger.
Coach: Graeme Dell

Greece:
Pappas Konstantinos, Bousbouras Ilias, Delaportas Ioannis, Ziakas Anastasios, Mostrios Ioannis, Soilemes Stefanos, Panou Thomas, Stamoulos Marios, Gritzalis Spiridon, Mourdoukoutas Sokratis, Manos Antonis, Troulitakis Marios, Gaifilias Apostolos, Achis Christos.
Coach: Sergei Stulov

Scorers:
0-1 Mourdoukoutas Sokratis (3')
1-1 Alex Sykes (5')
2-1 Jon Adams (6')
2-2 Soilemes Stefanos (7')
3-2 Alex Sykes (8')
3-3 Gritzalis Spiridon (10')
4-3 Jon Adams (11')
4-4 Delaportas Ioannis (12')
4-5 Mourdoukoutas Sokratis (16')
5-5 Luke Ballinger (21')
5-6 Delaportas Ioannis (23')
6-6 Ashley Allanson (25')
7-6 Luke Ballinger (penalty) (33')
8-6 Richard Follett (38')
8-7 Bousbouras Ilias (39')

Red Card: Mostrios




* Do the word "scaramantic" exist in English language? Not so sure about it!







Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com